The yard shortchanged a lot of other things, so the Wasp stayed there for the corrections. During this, they put in a really tight sginaling station. The Signalmen joked that they were one step away from heaven.
My guess would be that Wasp ended up a couple hundred tons over the official size.
"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell." - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side." Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.